Updated: Monday, 05 Mar 2012, 5:30 PM MST
Published : Monday, 05 Mar 2012, 5:30 PM MST
PHOENIX - Phoenix firefighters went door to door for drowning prevention awareness Monday, after two drowning calls over the weekend, one of them fatal.
About 20 firefighters went on a mission near 35th Ave and McDowell. They do this every year, reminding families to keep an eye on their kids around water.
Sunday, a 1-year-old boy named Danny drowned in his backyard pool. There was no pool fence, and the water was murky. Danny's mother says she lost track of him for a few minutes and then found him when she was taking out the trash.
Phoenix Fire says Sunday's drowning is the first fatal drowning this year, of three drowning incidents.
Last year, they responded to 86 drowning calls -- 22 were fatal.
"As firefighters, these are the most devastating calls that we can ever go on," says firefighter Kelly Liebermann.
"Drownings don't just happen in pools... they also drown in bathtubs, and toilets, two inches of water is all it's going to take."
Phoenix Fire is stressing how important it is to put as many barriers as you can between your kids and a pool -- fences, locks, alarms, and so on.
Online: saverkids.org
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